EPSO AD5 · EPSO/AD/427/26 · Part 1 on TAO
The most accurate practice platform for AD5 Part 1, according to reviewers
A test screen built to work like the TAO platform EPSO uses for AD5, with the verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning tests of the EU graduates competition EPSO/AD/427/26: the same number of questions and the same three clocks. After every test: your marks against both pass marks and a worked answer for every question. Start the free full Part 1 test: sign in with your email, no card.
A full-length Part 1: 40 questions in 65 minutes. Free, no card needed. Then, if it helps: six more full mocks and practice by section for €29.99. One payment, nothing renews.
Part 1 runs from 9 to 13 November 2026. Invitation letters went out on 19 October: your date and time are on the TAO platform.
Why verbal matters most
In Part 1 you need 10 out of 20 in verbal reasoning, and 10 out of 20 across numerical and abstract together. Only the verbal score is carried into the ranking: 40% of the preliminary ranking and 35% of the final one. With about 117 candidates for every place, a bare pass in verbal is not enough.
Source: EPSO, how candidates are assessed in the AD5 graduates competition.
40%of the preliminary ranking
35%of the final ranking
about117candidates for every place
- Questions
- 40
- Time
- 65 min
- Clocks
- 35 · 20 · 10
- To pass (of 20)
- 10 · 10
Verbal reasoning · Pass mark: 10 out of 20. In the competition this is the score candidates are ranked on.
Numerical reasoning + Abstract reasoning · Pass mark: 10 out of 20. One pass mark covers both tests together.
Practice tests in the format of the real test on TAO
Every test here is built to match the TAO test screen that EPSO shows in its instructions for online testing and runs in its public sample: the same three tests on their own clocks, an instruction page before each, the question bar, bookmarks and the overview. The toolbar has every tool those instructions describe: the calculator, which takes a dot as the decimal point, the scratchpad, the highlighter, the line reader, answer elimination and masking, the accessibility settings and the instructions themselves. Try the screen below, one question per test.
A demo of the format: one question per test, to try the screen and its tools. Nothing here is marked. The free test is the full Part 1, 40 questions on the real clocks, marked, with a worked answer for every question.
How the free test works
- 01
Sit a full Part 1
20 verbal, 10 numerical and 10 abstract questions, each test on its own clock, with the question bar, the calculator and the other tools of EPSO’s public sample.
- 02
See where you stand
Your verbal mark against its pass mark, and your numerical and abstract marks against theirs: the two pass marks of Part 1.
- 03
Learn from every question
Each question again, with the right answer and what is wrong with the one you chose.
Free first. Then one payment, and it just ends.
Sit a full Part 1 free, with no card. If it helps, one payment opens six more full tests and practice by section, and 30 days from today already runs past your test week of 9 to 13 November. Nothing renews, so there is nothing to cancel afterwards.
Free
€0
for one full Part 1, plus a daily mini test until 13 November
- One full-length Part 1: 40 questions in 65 minutes
- Your marks against both pass marks
- A worked answer for every question
- A daily mini test, with your score and a worked answer for each question
- No card, no payment details
Full access
€29.99
for 30 days · About €5 a mock test.
- Six more full Part 1 mocks: 240 new questions on the screen shown above, with its three clocks and every tool
- Practice by section: all 120 verbal questions in a row, or numerical or abstract alone, untimed, with the worked answer after each one
- Every test as often as you like, the free one included
- Your marks against both pass marks and a worked answer for every question
- Where your verbal score stands among other candidates
- Compare your daily test score with everyone else’s
- Every question in nine languages
- One payment. Nothing renews.
Access opens at once, so all purchases are final, and at checkout you tick a box to agree to that before you pay. That is why the first full Part 1 is free: sit it, then decide. No refunds: see the terms
What EPSO has announced
Newest first, each linked to EPSO’s own page. We update this list when EPSO publishes.
19 October 2026
Invitation letters in the Single Candidate Portal. Your date and time are on the TAO platform, and the prerequisite test is open from 20 October to 6 November.
13 October 2026
Part 1 takes place in the week of 9 to 13 November 2026, with invitation letters on 19 October.
EPSO’s page12 October 2026
The sessions some candidates saw on TAO on 11 October were simulations by the test provider, and have been switched off.
EPSO’s page18 September 2026
Invitations about three weeks before Part 1, and your exact slot on the testing platform at least two weeks before it.
EPSO’s page30 June 2026
Testing split into two parts: the reasoning tests in Part 1, the other tests in Part 2.
EPSO’s page
Guides to Part 1
Free and checked against EPSO’s own pages: the dates, each test, how it is scored and how to prepare.
All guidesQuestions
Is this EPSO’s test?
No. AD5 Practice is an independent practice site. The questions are written by our team and the screen is built to behave like EPSO’s public sample. Nothing here comes from EPSO.
Which languages?
English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish, for every question. The buttons and labels on the test screen start in the language of your questions. The real platform starts them in English: to practise that way, switch them in the test’s settings.
What does the free test include?
A full-length Part 1: 20 verbal questions in 35 minutes, 10 numerical in 20 and 10 abstract in 10, each test on its own clock. At the end, your marks against both pass marks and a worked answer for every question. No card needed. You sit it once; with full access you can sit every test again as often as you like.
What is practice by section?
Part of full access. Pick verbal, numerical or abstract reasoning and work through every question of the six mock tests for that test alone, with no clock, checking each answer and reading the worked answer as you go.
Is there a subscription?
No. One payment opens full access for 30 days, and then it simply ends. Nothing renews and you are never charged again. Bought today, 30 days already runs past the test week of 9 to 13 November.
Can I get a refund?
No. Full access opens the moment you pay, so all purchases are final, and you agree to that with a tick box before paying. That is why the first full Part 1 is free: sit it first and decide afterwards.
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